Crime/Public Safety

A federal judge sentenced a 78-year-old man to 2½ years in prison for a fraudulent scheme spanning more than 25 years where he stole a Vietnam War veteran’s identity to obtain Veterans Affairs benefits even after the Marine Corps veteran died in 2018.

A 22-year-old man admitted to drinking and using marijuana prior to slamming a car into a pole, killing a 21-year-old man and seriously injuring himself and two others inside the car last week near the Spokane International Airport.

Two 12-year-old girls reported missing in Spokane Valley last week have been found.

The Spokane County Medical Examiner’s Office has identified the bodies of two men who were pulled from the Spokane River within a week from each other this month.

A redacted Rathdrum Police report gives little insight into the alleged domestic violence investigation into the city’s former mayor, Mike Hill.

A Post Falls woman is suing security workers, including Kootenai County Sheriff Robert Norris, who forcibly removed her from a legislative town hall in February 2025.

A 32-year-old man who fired two rounds at a Garland District bartender before fleeing the scene last year was sentenced to nearly two years in prison.

A semitruck tipped on its side, spilling cargo onto the Interstate 90 downtown and snarling traffic for miles Wednesday afternoon.

A 74-year-old Spokane man, accused of threatening a large Florida retirement community President Donald Trump had recently visited, called his case an “unfortunate misunderstanding” in a jailhouse interview with The Spokesman-Review Thursday.

The Spokane Police Department arrested a driver in connection to a deadly crash near the Spokane International Airport last Friday, the agency said in a news release.

Police believe speed and alcohol contributed to the single-vehicle crash that killed a passenger and seriously injured three others Friday near the Spokane International Airport, according to search warrant documents filed in Spokane County Superior Court.

Federal defense attorneys are seeking for a Spokane reporter to testify on behalf of their client, who is charged with conspiracy against immigration agents.

A semitruck tipped on its side, spilling cargo onto the Interstate 90 downtown and snarling traffic for miles Wednesday afternoon.

An 18-year-old man is accused of firing into a Mercedes, striking another 18-year-old man in the face in an apparent gang shooting last week near the North Division “Y” in north Spokane.

A man convicted of a Spokane murder nearly 30 years ago will continue to serve his prison term after Gov. Bob Ferguson denied the killer’s request for clemency.

A 20-year-old Chattaroy man was killed Tuesday after he collided with a trailer 3 miles north of Mead, according to Washington State Patrol.

A 42-year-old man was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for his role in a fentanyl trafficking operation that distributed tens of thousands of pills across Eastern Washington.

A federal judge sentenced a 40-year-old Moscow, Idaho, man to 17½ years in prison after he uploaded hundreds of child pornography files to online groups and posted messages online about wanting to commit sexual offenses against children, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Idaho.

A driver who ran a red light Tuesday afternoon in downtown Spokane caused a collision that led another vehicle to land upside-down, Spokane police say.